Wednesday, July 25, 2018

We Conquered The ELECTRIC EEL - Summer Fun @SeaWorld #EELectrified

Summer outings in San Diego make me even happier, because it's one of my absolute favorite cities!

So when you mix that, four of our kids, sea animals and roller coasters...

THIS MOMMY IS A TRULY HAPPY CAMPER!

SeaWorld offered us four free tickets to their park in return for this review/feature. I paid for parking and two other tickets (at half price) so that we could all go in the park. I was not offered any monetary compensation by posting my honest opinion about our time and experience at their park.

She hasn't been to SeaWorld for years and was thrilled to see all the changes (since the last time she'd been) and spend a fun day with us walking around (getting her steps in) and enjoying some bonding time with our kids.

We had to conquer this one, despite a little bit of fear and anxiety, because it's BRAND SPANKIN' NEW. It's also San Diego's tallest and fastest roller coaster that does three different launches and offers the only upside down view of San Diego.

It was so much fun!!

I thought my youngest daughter was going to have a heart attack (or chicken out) waiting in line, but she got buckled in and all five of us (my MIL sat this one out), had an absolute BLAST!

We had to go say hello to our friend SHAMU...and it was actually the first time that my MIL has ever been that close to an Orca Whale.

It is always pretty amazing as they swim by us...

All around the park are some amazing ELECTRIC OCEAN decorations around the park, because when the park goes dark...the ELECTRICITY INTENSIFIES this summer. Bright colors, DJ's, Dance Parties and summer Night Time Celebrations!

We were not able to stay tonight to enjoy all this FUN...but we will have to come back and check it out before it ends!

Then, they decided Grandma needed to ride on a roller coaster too, so she agreed to ride MANTA with the kids. She's a brave soul!

She really toughed it out today with them!

After that, everyone decided they were hungry, so we took a lunch break...so we found Mama Stella's pizza and pasta. Three kids got chicken tenders & french fry kids meals (they were so excited they came with drinks), my MIL got a BBQ Chicken pizza & watermelon slices to share, and I got a Shrimp Pesto Pasta to share with our oldest daughter.

After lunch, we decided it was time for a cool down, so we headed to the Shark Encounter. I'm just glad the glass is thick and those sharks can't come and get us with all those teeth. It's always so cool to ride through the tunnel, as the sharks swim and swarm all around us!

The kids got to experience, for the first time ever, feeding the Sea Lions!

Talk about some vocal Sea Lions.

They were so excited to chat with us and scarf down some yummy treats too! The best part, the birds around the exhibit were almost as interested in the fish as the Sea Lions were.

We had to watch closely as they reached out, or the birds would snag the fish first.

We ended our time at the park with BIG SPLASHES from Journey to Atlantis, their Grandma got them fast track passes so they wouldn't have to wait in the line, and they had a blast getting soaking wet & drenched. This was the perfect way for us to end our time at SeaWorld San Diego!

I was not paid to feature this post! Four of our tickets were offered free of charge. Two of the tickets were purchased on my own accord at 50% off the regular ticket price. I was not compensated in any other way.